2023-09-28 05:16:05
The authorities in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson reported new Russian attacks on Wednesday evening, with at least one person dead. Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for unintentionally honoring a Ukrainian SS veteran a few days ago. And NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the delivery of the first US Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
Dead and injured in Kherson
A 41-year-old man was killed in the city of Kherson, military governor Olexander Prokudin said on Telegram. Another man was injured. There were also air raids by the Russian army not far from the city of Beryslaw, it was said. In the past few days, civilians have repeatedly been killed or injured by shelling in the region, some of which is still occupied by Russian troops.
“These days Russia is bombing Kherson, Beryslav and villages in the Kherson region with particular brutality,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening video address. “This is deliberate terror on the part of the occupiers.”
Trudeau apologizes for SS veterans in Canadian Parliament
Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau asked for forgiveness after honoring a Ukrainian Waffen-SS veteran. “It was a terrible violation of the memory of the millions of people who died in the Holocaust,” Trudeau said. “It was a mistake that deeply embarrassed Parliament and Canada.” Parliament Speaker Anthony Rota honored 98-year-old Ukrainian immigrant Jaroslav Hunka on Friday during Zelensky’s visit to the Canadian House of Commons.
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However, Rota failed to mention that, according to the organization Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC), Hunka had served in a Waffen-SS unit during the Second World War. “All of us who were in Parliament on Friday deeply regret having stood up and applauded, even if we did not know the background,” said Trudeau. Rota was solely responsible for inviting and honoring the SS veteran.
NATO Secretary General welcomes US tank delivery to Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg welcomed the delivery of the first US Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The significant contributions of the allies strengthened Ukraine’s ability to push back Russian forces, the Norwegian said on the sidelines of a meeting with the new Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina in Brussels. Zelensky confirmed earlier this week that the first Abrams tanks had arrived in Ukraine. In total, the United States has announced the handover of 31 battle tanks to the country attacked by Russia.
Lavrov: Moscow remains ready for talks on Ukraine
According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia remains ready to conclude agreements on Ukraine under certain conditions. “Our position remains the same: we are ready to reach agreements, provided that the current situation on the ground is taken into account,” state news agency Tass quoted Lavrov as saying in an interview published early Thursday morning. In addition, Russia’s security interests must be taken into account, including the need to “prevent the creation of a hostile Nazi regime near Russia’s borders.”
Before possible negotiations, Moscow insists, among other things, that Ukraine renounce its territories occupied by Russian troops. Ukraine resolutely rejects this. On Tuesday, former Ukrainian boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko said he currently sees no chance of negotiating peace with Russia.
Scholz receives five Central Asian heads of state at once
Meanwhile, all five presidents of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia are soon to meet in Berlin for talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. A bilateral meeting between the Tajik head of state Emomali Rakhmon and Scholz is also planned, as the presidential office of the authoritarian country in the capital Dushanbe announced to the media.
Germany wants to expand contacts with the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which have so far been heavily influenced by Russia. Some of these countries offer important raw materials for Germany.
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Scholz wants to meet the President of the oil-rich Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Schomart Tokayev, on Thursday. Energy policy cooperation was also an issue, it was said in Berlin.
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